How great is it that Tyga’s new single, "Coconut Juice," prominently features the rap newcomer belting out the hook from Harry Nilsson’s 1971 hit "Coconut" (a.k.a. "the ‘lime in the coconut’ song") over some supercharged synths? Very great indeed, say I. That simple sample elevates an otherwise mediocre tune into something I can’t stop listening to — the first 30 seconds or so, anyway. Not sure why no one else seems to be thrilling to this bit of re-appropriative genius yet; as I write this, a Google blogs search for "tyga nilsson" turns up exactly one hit, and it’s a snarky one. I mean, is Tyga into "Coconut" because of Reservoir Dogs? Was the song’s producer just a really big fan of Nixon-era singer-songwriters? Whatever — I’m just happy this happened. (Check out the video — featuring moderately entertaining cameos from Lil Wayne, Pete Wentz, and Tyga’s cousin Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes — below.) Don’t you agree?
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I wanted to hear how horrible this sounds, but the video has been deleted.
I found another link to this and it’s worse than I expected.
Ear and eye poison.
“That simple sample elevates an otherwise mediocre tune into something I can’t stop listening to”
Sounds like Diddy’s–oops, I mean Puffy’s–guiding mantra of the late 90s
Does anyone remember the Muppets version?
I think the Bahamen did a remake of this song that I love!
Stop with the rapping and write your own songs – not beats!
I hate the old “write your own songs; stop stealing other people’s work” when talking about sampling. Granted, this song is terrible, but simply because the man is a terrible rapper, not because he sampled somebody else’s lyric.
Sampled = Stole + lack of imagination + lack of musical ability.
Let the man get his money. Its catchy to be real with you.
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